Virginia FieldFilmography

Perry Mason: The Case of the Tsarina's Tiara

Synopsis: No sooner has Mme. Sonya Galinova (Virginia Field) hires Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) to press charges against a jewel dealer for selling her a cheap imitation of a tiara worth $754,000 than she discovers that the "fake" is the genuine article. Somehow or other, the precious tiara ends up in the Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Simple Simon

Synopsis: Appearing in Santa Barbara with her Shakesperean acting troupe "A Company of Four", former Broadway star Ramona Carver (Virginia Field) is confronted by a man who claims to be the son she gave up for adotion. Whether or not this is good news to Ramona seems inconsequential when she accused of Read More

The Earth Dies Screaming

Synopsis: This obscure little science fiction/horror film (a British-American co-production) stars Willard Parker as a heroic astronaut who returns from a test flight to discover that most of England has been utterly destroyed by alien invaders, whose armies of killer robots have transformed nearly all of Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Polka-Dot Pony

Synopsis: Way back in 1942, the ex-husband of Angela Fernaldi left her baby at an orphanage. Twenty years have passed, and now Angela is extremely wealthy--and two girls, both named Maureen, are claiming to be her daughter in order to collect a $200,000 trust fund. One of the two, Maureen Thomas (Melinda Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Meddling Medium

Synopsis: Determined to make contact with her late son, wealthy Sylvia Walker (Virginia Field) contacts spiritualist Philip Paisley (James Forrest), never suspecting that the man is a crook who intends to leech off of Sylvia's fortune. But Bonnie Craig (Sonya Wilde) knows that Paisley is a phony--and when Read More

The Explosive Generation

Actors: William Shatner, Lee Kinsolving, Patty McCormack, Virginia Field

Synopsis: In this socially conscious drama, based on a true-story, a high school teacher gets in trouble for having his students write compositions describing their feelings about sex. He is suspended; his students unite to defend him. A confrontation with the prudish school board ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Provocative Protegee

Synopsis: It looks like suicide when hasbeen concert pianist David Carpenter (Gregory Morton) plunges off a cliff. Then the suspicion arises that Carpenter was actually murdered so that his wife Anita (Virginia Field) could collect his life insurance. But Anita is not the client of Perry Mason (Raymond Read More

Appointment with a Shadow

Actors: George Nader, Joanna Moore, Brian Keith, Virginia Field, Frank de Kova

Synopsis: George Nader plays a reporter whose career is ruined by liquor. A comeback opportunity presents itself when Nader is a bystander at the arrest of a well-known criminal. The reporter knows that the crook, who has been accused of an ambush murder, is innocent, and he sets about to collar the real Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the Prodigal Parent

Synopsis: Philip Larkin (Terry Becker) is murdered, and his stepfather Joseph Harrison (John Hoyt) is charged with the crime. A key piece of evidence for the prosecution is a home movie showing Larkin and Harrison quarrelling; could their argument have been about sexy Lorraine Stevens (Andra Martin), whom Read More

Rockabilly Baby

Actors: Virginia Field, Douglas Kennedy, Les Brown, Irene Ryan, Ellen Corby

Synopsis: In this musical, an ex-fan dancer leaves the burlesque to start a new in a small town with her two teenage children. There she soon becomes one of the most respected women in town; she also falls in love with the school principal. Unfortunately, her happiness disintegrates when her past is Read More

The Veils of Bagdad

Actors: Robert Blake, Victor Mature, Mari Blanchard, Virginia Field, Guy Rolfe, Leon Askin

Synopsis: It's a toss-up as to who looks better unclothed in Universal's Veils of Bagdad: Hero Victor Mature or heroine Mari Blanchard. Mature plays a Robin-Hood type named Antar, who travels with a troupe of jugglers and wrestlers, all of whom double as thieves, pickpockets and second-story men. When the Read More

The Lady Pays Off

Actors: Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally, Virginia Field, Ann Codee

Synopsis: The Lady Pays Off is a formative example of filmmaker Douglas Sirk's elegant exotica. Linda Darnell plays the title character, a vacationing schoolteacher and one-time gambler named Evelyn Warren. Unfortunately, that "one time" leaves Evelyn indebted to casino owner Matt Braddock (Stephen McNally) Read More

Weekend with Father

Actors: Van Heflin, Patricia Neal, Virginia Field, Richard Denning

Synopsis: This seminal Brady Bunch stars Van Heflin as a widower and Patricia Neal as a widow. Both parties have several children by their first marriages. Heflin and Neal fall in love and decide to marry, each hoping to adopt the other's kids. The couple idealistically subscribes to the "one big happy Read More

Dial 1119

Actors: Marshall Thompson, Virginia Field, Sam Levene, Leon Ames

Synopsis: Louis B. Mayer's nephew Gerald proved himself an able director with the MGM "B" thriller Dial 1119. Marshall Thompson stars as an emotionally disturbed young man who pulls out a gun at a bar and holds the patrons hostage. As the police gather outside, the film concentrates on the various bar Read More

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Actors: Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Cedric Hardwicke, William Bendix, Murvyn Vye, Henry Wilcoxon

Synopsis: Though the Mark Twain original has been refashioned into a Bing Crosby vehicle, this 1949 musical adaptation of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a lot more faithful to the Twain original than either of the two previous film versions. Crosby plays Hank Martin, a turn-of-the-century Read More

John Loves Mary

Actors: Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, Jack Carson, Wayne Morris, Edward Arnold

Synopsis: John Lawrence (Ronald Reagan) is a returning GI. Mary McKinley (Patricia Neal in her film debut) is the girl he left behind. But their reunion will have to wait: John has returned with cockney war bride Lilly Herbish (Virginia Field) in tow. It seems that John married Lilly as a favor to get her Read More

Dream Girl

Actors: Betty Hutton, MacDonald Carey, Patric Knowles, Virginia Field, Walter Abel

Synopsis: Elmer Rice's clever stage comedy Dream Girl is Hollywoodized and "dumbed down" almost beyond recognition in this 1948 film version. In place of the original play's Betty Field, Betty Hutton stars Georgina Allerton, who periodically escapes her humdrum existence by retreating into elaborate Read More

Repeat Performance

Actors: Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Richard Basehart, Virginia Field, Tom Conway

Synopsis: On New Year's Eve, Joan Leslie runs desperately out of a penthouse apartment and into the Times Square crowd. She has reason to flee--she has just shot and killed her husband. Through a freakish wrinkle in time, Leslie is transported back to the last New Year's and is allowed to relive the past Read More

The Imperfect Lady

Actors: Ray Milland, Teresa Wright, Cedric Hardwicke, Virginia Field, Anthony Quinn

Synopsis: In this improbable romantic drama set in Gay Nineties London, a member of Parliament jeopardizes his career when he falls in love with a music hall dancer. When his stodgy older brother finds out about the affair, he sternly counsels the dancer to jilt her lover, lest she damage his political Read More

Ladies' Man

Actors: Eddie Bracken, Cass Daley, Virginia Welles, Johnny Coy, Virginia Field

Synopsis: No relation to the 1961 Jerry Lewis comedy of the same name, the 1947 musical Ladies' Man stars Eddie Bracken as the title character. It all begins when rural rube Henry Haskell (Bracken) inherits an oil fortune in Oklahoma. Enjoying his newfound wealth, Henry goes on a sightseeing tour of New Read More

Christmas Eve

Actors: George Raft, George Brent, Randolph Scott, Joan Blondell, Virginia Field

Synopsis: This episodic holiday film centers around a rich spinster aunt whose greedy nephew is attempting legal action to take her estate. Before he makes a final decision, a caring judge tells the spinster that she can rally together the three foster children she raised to help her keep the estate, he Read More

The Perfect Marriage

Actors: Loretta Young, David Niven, Eddie Albert, Charlie Ruggles, Virginia Field

Synopsis: If the Perfect Marriage in this romantic comedy were truly perfect, there wouldn't be any story, would there? Outwardly an ideal couple, Maggie and Dale Williams (Loretta Young, David Niven) have grown tired of one another after 10 years. Petty squabbles lead to major battles, exacerbated by the Read More

The Crystal Ball

Actors: Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, Virginia Field, William Bendix, Gladys George

Synopsis: Overloaded with unreleased films in 1942 and 1943, Paramount Pictures cleaned house by diverting several pictures to United Artists. One such effort was The Crystal Ball, wherein beauty contest loser Toni Gerard (Paulette Goddard) takes a job as a sideshow fortune teller. Subbing for the ailing Read More

Stage Door Canteen

Actors: Cheryl Walker, William Terry, Marjorie Riordan, Lon McCallister, Margaret Early

Synopsis: This star-studded musical drama was largely financed by Theatre Guild, with all proceeds going to various wartime fundraising concerns. Most of the story takes place at the Stage Door Canteen, a Manhattan-based home away from home for soldiers, sailors and marines (the real-life Canteen on 44th Read More

Atlantic Convoy

Actors: Bruce Bennett, Virginia Field, John Beal, Clifford Severn, Larry Parks

Synopsis: Released shortly after the similar Columbia wartime mellers Submarine Raider and Parachute Nurse, Atlantic Convoy is set on the coast of Iceland. Civilian weatherman Carl Hansen (John Beal) is suspected of being a Nazi spy after an unexpected enemy attack on an Allied convoy. With the help of Read More

Knockout

Actors: Arthur Kennedy, Olympe Bradna, Virginia Field, Anthony Quinn, Cliff Edwards

Synopsis: In this boxing drama, champion fighter Johnny Rocket decides to leave the ring to please his new bride. Unfortunately, his greedy manager, unwilling to get off the gravy train engineers things so that the fighter cannot find work and must return to the squared circle to make a living. His ploy Read More

Singapore Woman

Actors: Brenda Marshall, David Bruce, Virginia Field, Jerome Cowan, Rose Hobart

Synopsis: This remake of Dangerous is set in Singapore and chronicles the exploits of a woman who believes herself cursed. To recover, she is taken to the rubber plantation of a handsome young man. There she finds true happiness and love. Suddenly, her abusive ex-husband shows up. She had thought him dead Read More

Dance, Girl, Dance

Actors: Maureen O'Hara, Louis Hayward, Lucille Ball, Ralph Bellamy, Virginia Field

Synopsis: Based on a story by Vicki Baum (of Grand Hotel) fame, Dance, Girl Dance finds innocent young Judy (Maureen O'Hara) journeying to the Big Apple in hopes of gaining fame as a classical dancer. Instead she ends up as the "stooge" for raucous strip-tease artist Bubbles (Lucille Ball), who attempts to Read More

Waterloo Bridge

Actors: Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Lucile Watson, Virginia Field, Maria Ouspenskaya

Synopsis: Given the omnipresence of the Motion Picture Production Code in 1940, the second film version of Robert E. Sherwood's Waterloo Bridge would have to be laundered and softened to pass muster. In the original, made in 1931, the heroine is nothing more or less than a streetwalker, patrolling London's Read More

Hudson's Bay

Actors: Paul Muni, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar, John Sutton, Virginia Field

Synopsis: This sweeping drama chronicles the foundation a Canadian institution: the Hudson's Bay Trading Company. Set in the 17th century when the fur trade was at its peak the story centers on Radisson, a far-sighted entrepreneurial fur trapper, and his sidekick who dream of establishing a major trading Read More

The Sun Never Sets

Actors: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Basil Rathbone, Barbara O'Neil, Lionel Atwill, Virginia Field

Synopsis: In this patriotic British adventure, two courageous brothers try to keep war from erupting in Africa and stop a megalomaniacal arms baron from ruling the world. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Captain Fury

Actors: Brian Aherne, Victor McLaglen, Paul Lukas, June Lang, John Carradine

Synopsis: This exciting adventure is set in the rugged Australian outback back when the continent was used as a giant penal colony for criminals of the British empire, and tells the story of a fugitive leader and his band who like Robin of old try to prevent a greedy governor from stealing rancher's land. Read More

The Cisco Kid and the Lady

Actors: Cesar Romero, Marjorie Weaver, Chris-Pin Martin, George Montgomery, Robert H. Barrat

Synopsis: In this episode of the popular western series, Cisco stops a claim-jumping killer from the mine. He then makes sure the mine's rightful heir, an orphaned infant is cared for by the local school marm. Cisco has a brief tryst with her, but she loves another. Cisco soon finds a different love, a Read More

Eternally Yours

Actors: Loretta Young, David Niven, Billie Burke, Hugh Herbert, C. Aubrey Smith

Synopsis: Anita's (Loretta Young) life seems to be progressing nicely. She's engaged to Don Barnes (Broderick Crawford), a wealthy man that will give her all the stability and comfort a woman could desire. But then she meets a magician with the unlikely name of The Great Arturo (David Niven), who performs a Read More

Mr. Moto's Last Warning

Actors: Peter Lorre, Ricardo Cortez, Virginia Field, John Carradine, George Sanders

Synopsis: Japanese detective Mr. Moto finds himself hip-deep in international espionage in this adventure tale. In Port Said, a pair of rogues -- French-born Fabian (Ricardo Cortez) and Englishman Norvel (George Sanders) -- are working for a nameless foreign government and devise a scheme to sabotage French Read More

Bridal Suite

Actors: Annabella, Robert Young, Walter Connolly, Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart

Synopsis: Veteran German director William Thiele managed to add a continental flavor to the MGM assembly-line romance Bridal Suite. Annabella stars as Luise Anzengruber, a poor but cheerful young lady who manages an Alpine hotel. When handsome playboy Neill McGill (Robert Young) checks into Luise's Read More

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

Actors: Peter Lorre, Joseph Schildkraut, Lionel Atwill, Virginia Field, John King

Synopsis: This eighth (and final) entry in 20th Century-Fox's "Mr. Moto" series once again stars Peter Lorre as J. P. Marquand's resourceful and unfailingly polite Japanese detective. When American archeologist Howard Stevens (John King) recovers the ancient crown of the Queen of Sheba, the priceless Read More

Ali Baba Goes to Town

Actors: Eddie Cantor, Tony Martin, Roland Young, June Lang, Louise Hovick

Synopsis: Autograph hound Al Babson (Eddie Cantor) accidentally disrupts the filming of a movie about Ali Baba, and is injured in the process. The filmmakers try to buy him off, but nurse Dinah (Virginia Field) suggests he be hired as an extra. He takes an overdose of painkillers, and his Arabian Nights Read More

Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo

Actors: Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Virginia Field, Sidney Blackmer, Harold Huber

Synopsis: Charlie Chan was the Jessica Fletcher of the 1930s; no matter where he took a vacation, someone got murdered! This time, the wily Chan (Warner Oland) and son Lee (Keye Luke) are on holiday in Monte Carlo when a casino messenger is killed while en route to Paris. The messenger was carrying a Read More

Lancer Spy

Actors: Dolores Del Rio, George Sanders, Peter Lorre, Joseph Schildkraut, Virginia Field

Synopsis: Set during World War I, Lancer Spy stars a young George Sanders as Michael Bruce, an officer in the British Navy who bears an uncanny resemblance to the recently-captured Baron Kurt von Rohbach (also Sanders). Rohbach is highly connected in the German aristocracy, and his capture has been kept Read More

London by Night

Actors: George Murphy, Rita Johnson, Virginia Field, Leo G. Carroll, George Zucco

Synopsis: London by Night was filmed entirely on the MGM back lot, which admittedly looked more like England than England. Adapted from Will Scott's play The Umbrella Man, this atmospheric thriller concerns the a series of murders committed in foggy Sundial Square by an elusive gentleman known variously as Read More

Think Fast, Mr. Moto

Actors: Peter Lorre, Virginia Field, Thomas Beck, Sig Rumann, Murray Kinnell

Synopsis: Think Fast, Mr. Moto was the first of 20th Century-Fox's movie series based on the wily Japanese sleuth created by J. P. Marquand. Moto (Peter Lorre) seems to be a criminal this time around, involved with a gang of international smugglers. Virginia Field is a White Russian expatriate who likewise Read More

Lloyds of London

Actors: Freddie Bartholomew, Madeleine Carroll, Guy Standing, Tyrone Power, C. Aubrey Smith

Synopsis: Lloyds of London traces the rise to prominence of the venerable British insurance company, as seen through the eyes of fictional 19th-century Londoner Jonathan Blake (Tyrone Power, in his first starring role). A lifelong friend of naval hero Lord Nelson, Blake puts his job (and the future Read More

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Actors: C. Aubrey Smith, Freddie Bartholomew, Dolores Costello, Guy Kibbee, Henry Stephenson

Synopsis: David O. Selznick's first independent production upheld the producer's tradition, established at Paramount, RKO and MGM, of bringing the "classics" to the screen. Adapted by Hugh Walpole from the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Little Lord Fauntleroy is set in the late 19th century. After Read More

Career Woman

Actors: Claire Trevor, Michael Whalen, Eric Linden, Virginia Field

Synopsis: Admidst a sea of melodramatic and unbelievable courtroom dramas, Career Woman is distinguished by its comparative realism. Law school graduate Carroll Aiken (Claire Trevor) is idealistic; her colleague Barry Conant (Michael Whalen) is cynical and mercenary. Despite their ethical differences, they Read More

Ladies in Love

Actors: Janet Gaynor, Loretta Young, Constance Bennett, Simone Simon, Don Ameche, Tyrone Power

Synopsis: Ladies in Love transplants 20th Century-Fox's favorite film plot--three girls on the prowl for rich husbands--into the Budapest of the mid-1930s. Janet Gaynor, Loretta Young and Constance Bennett combine their earnings to rent a luxurious apartment, in hopes of attracting wealthy potential Read More

Sing, Baby, Sing

Actors: Alice Faye, Adolphe Menjou, Gregory Ratoff, Ted Healy, Patsy Kelly

Synopsis: The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed in this delightful 20th Century Fox musical. Adolphe Menjou plays the Barrymore counterpart, a loose-living movie star with a penchant for wine, women, and more wine. Alice Faye plays a nightclub Read More

Thank You, Jeeves

Actors: Arthur Treacher, Virginia Field, David Niven, Lester Matthews, Colin Tapley

Synopsis: In this romantic mystery, based on the beloved characters of P.G. Wodehouse, the ever-impeccable, unflappable butler Jeeves does all he can to serve his clumsy young master. This time Jeeves falsely identifies evil spies as government agents. Unfortunately these bogus G-men have come to steal Read More

The Lady Is Willing

Actors: Leslie Howard, Cedric Hardwicke, Binnie Barnes, Nigel Playfair, Nigel Bruce

Synopsis: In this comedy-mystery, a private detective helps three businessmen get even with the man who misused their investments. The detective plans to kidnap the man's wife so he can get her signature and reclaim the money. The detective didn't plan on falling in love with the wife, but he does, and Read More

The Merry Widow

Actors: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton, Una Merkel, George Barbier

Synopsis: Ernst Lubitsch directs the 1934 musical comedy The Merry Widow, based on the 1905 operetta by Franz Lehar. In 1885, King Achmed (George Barbier) strives to protect the financial interests of his small, poor kingdom of Marshovia in Central Europe. When the kingdom's wealthiest widow, Sonia (Jeanette MacDonald Read More

The Primrose Path

Synopsis: In this romance, a doctor and his wife encounter rough seas when they embark upon a cruise. The trouble begins when the good doctor finds himself falling for a pretty author, and the author's partner falls in love with the physician's daughter. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More